Cape Fear township, New Hanover County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
Cape Fear township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Cape Fear township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10238
- Northeast: 1936
- Midwest: 789
- South: 2209
- West: 283
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $104,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Cape Fear township, North Carolina:
- 378 people in state prisons
- 71 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in crews of maritime vessels
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,672
- One, attached: 115
- Two: 236
- 3 or 4: 43
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 70
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 1,216
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Cape Fear township with a mortgage: 3,110 (322 second mortgage, 509 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 631
- Construction (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cape Fear township:
- United States or American (16.0%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- German (8.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
- Netherlands (6%)
- Hong Kong (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,847 (85%)
- Carpooled: 976 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 47 (1%)
- Other means: 29 (0%)
- Worked at home: 120 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (86%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Cape Fear township, North Carolina:
- 378 people in state prisons
- 71 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in crews of maritime vessels
96.0% of residents of Cape Fear township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,314- In family households: 13,182 (3,420 male householders, 962 female householders)
3,491 spouses, 4,497 children (3,909 natural, 177 adopted, 411 stepchildren), 178 grandchildren, 155 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 127 other relatives, 263 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,132 (821 male householders (591 living alone)), 833 female householders (695 living alone)), 478 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 496 (385 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,925 2-persons, 1,183 3-persons, 831 4-persons, 296 5-persons, 122 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,286 1-person, 280 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
2,535 married couples with children.
921 single-parent households (157 men, 764 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 152
Here: | 8.4% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
Here: | 4.3% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
Here: | 10.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |